
Meet our senior team
Our senior team brings together years of experience across a wide variety of sectors. We believe this expertise uniquely positions us to achieve fast-paced growth, while continuing to offer our clients market-leading products and a premium service.

Leandra McPhillipsCommercial Director
Leandra was appointed as Global Reach’s Commercial Director in 2019, following two years of successfully leading the Marketing team as Marketing Director. Her role as Commercial Director is responsible for defining and driving the growth and commercial strategy for the business. Leandra joined in July 2017 as Marketing Director, with the core goal of developing and implementing the marketing and communication strategy, along with responsibility for enhancing client technology, with a specific focus on customer experience.
Leandra has established a formidable track record in driving and implementing effective marketing strategies within the online trading sector. Prior to joining Global Reach, she spent almost 10 years with CMC Markets, where she was responsible for the global Marketing function. She has also held Marketing roles at Lloyds TSB and Saxo Bank.

Tim Watson Chief Technology Officer
Tim was appointed Chief Technology Officer for Global Reach Group in March 2021, and joined the executive team, after successfully leading the department as Head of Technology during 2020.
Tim has diverse experience and has positioned himself as a technology expert, holding a PhD in Computational Chemistry from the University of Nottingham, and having been a consultant for clients in both the UK and US. Tim's work experience includes ten years in his role at WorldFirst (part of AntFinancial) as Head of Technology after joining as a software engineer in 2009. He progressed to Deputy CTO and Interim CISO for the group while growing the technology and product functions to 175 staff globally. Tim has an abundance of technical and financial services experience in the FX space, coupled with a strong business and product focus.